|
|
2019-2020 Catalogue [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Courses
|
|
|
| |
French and Francophone Studies |
| |
-
FREN 22400 - Studies in Francophone Culture Course Credit: 1
(GLIS, MENA)
Introduction to cultural, historical, and societal analysis. Topic changes from year to year. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): FREN 21600 or permission of instructor Annually. [AH, C]
|
| |
-
FREN 22403 - Contemp France: Econ/Soc/Institutions Course Credit: 1
(GLIS)
CONTEMPORARY FRANCE: ECONOMY, SOCIETY, INSTITUTIONS This course uses a number of different lenses to explore French society, French identity, and the French state from World War Two to the present. Topics to be covered include: the modernization of France; work, unemployment and the welfare state; the French school system; and immigration and national identity. Prerequisite(s): Take FREN-21600 or permission of instructor. [AH, C, GE]
|
| |
-
FREN 22406 - Mediterranean Crossings: North Africa and France in Historical Perspective Course Credit: 1
(GLIS, MENA)
Mediterranean Crossings: North Africa and France in Historical Perspective. This course explores France’s deep and often problematic relationships with the francophone Maghreb (Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia). Through a selection of historical and cultural readings, memoirs, novels and films, the course examines the evolution of these relationships from the nineteenth century and up to the present day. Prerequisite(s): Take FREN-21600 or permission of instructor. [AH, C, D, GE]
|
| |
-
FREN 31000 - French Theatre Course Credit: 1
FRENCH THEATER This course explores the evolution of French theater from the seventeenth century to the present through the study of works by major playwrights, including Corneille, Molière, Racine, Marivaux, Beaumarchais, Rostand, Jarry, Sartre, Beckett and Reza. Attention will be paid to dramatic theory and to the historical and cultural contexts in which plays were produced. Prerequisite(s): FREN-22000 or FREN-22400 [AH, C]
|
| |
-
FREN 32200 - Studies in the 17th Century Course Credit: 1
(CMLT)
STUDIES IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY An examination of works that explore the relationship between language, art, knowledge and power in the Age of Absolutism. Authors studied include Mme. de Lafayette, Madeleine de Scudéry, Racine, La Fontaine and Molière. Prerequisite(s): FREN-22000 or FREN-224xx [AH, C, GE]
|
| |
-
FREN 33001 - Journeys in the French-Speaking, Caribbean Course Credit: 1
JOURNEYS IN THE FRENCH-SPEAKING CARIBBEAN This course examines the complex history and diverse cultural encounters that have shaped Haiti, Martinique, Guadeloupe, and French Guiana. These territories will be situated and studied within the broad context of the Atlantic world, with particular emphasis on intersections with France and the United States. Prerequisite(s): FREN-22000 or FREN-224xx; or permission of the instructor. [AH, C, GE]
|
| |
-
FREN 33002 - Remembering War Course Credit: 1
REMEMBERING WAR This course explores the memory of the First World War, the Second World War and the Algerian War of Independence in French society. This examination will be conducted through literature, films and historiographical texts. Prerequisite(s): FREN-22000 or FREN-224xx; or permission of the instructor. [AH, C]
|
| |
-
FREN 33003 - Youth & Educ in France: May 1968-Present Course Credit: 1
YOUTH & EDUCATION IN FRANCE: FROM MAY This course examines contemporary France through the experiences of the nation’s youth. Throughout the semester, we will compare the challenges of being young, going to school, and growing up in France to equivalent experiences in the United States or in other countries. Prerequisite(s): FREN-22000 or FREN-224xx [AH, C]
|
| |
-
FREN 33500 - W. Afr. & France: Encounters since 1900, Africa Course Credit: 1
(AFST, CMLT)
WEST AFRICA & FRANCE: ENCOUNTERS SINCE 1900 This course explores complex encounters that have shaped both France and francophone West Africa, a region that includes the present-day countries of Senegal, Mauritania, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Benin, Togo, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger. Tacking back and forth between West African and French contexts, we will examine themes such as colonialism, decolonization, nation-building, migrations, immigrant communities, diaspora, and francophonie. As part of these various course units, we will be working with many different kinds of materials, including historical readings, two novels, a selection of films, photographs, and iconography. This course gives particular emphasis to questions relating to cultures and identities. Students will be challenged to think more critically and historically about the diversity of the French-speaking world and about the making of multicultural France. Prerequisite(s): FREN-22000 or FREN-224xx [AH, C, D, GE]
|
| |
-
FREN 40000 - Tutorial Course Credit: 1
TUTORIAL May be repeated.
|
| |
-
FREN 41000 - Internship Course Credit: 0.25
Maximum Credit: 1
INTERNSHIP ***MUST VISIT REGISTRAR (APEX) TO ADD COURSE*** This course can only be added to your schedule by visiting the Registrar’s Office. If you do not visit the Registrar’s office, you cannot add this course to your schedule. A structured, usually off-campus experience, in which a student extends classroom knowledge to a work position within a community, business, or governmental organization. Student interns work and learn under the joint guidance of a host organization supervisor and a College of Wooster mentor. The student must arrange the internship in advance through the appropriate department or program. No more than six internships, and a maximum of four Wooster course credits, will count toward graduation. The form for registering for an internship and the Internship Learning Plan are available in the office of the Registrar. May be repeated. S/NC
|
| |
-
FREN 45100 - Independent Study Thesis Course Credit: 1
SENIOR INDEPENDENT STUDY–SEMESTER ONE The first semester of the Senior Independent Study project, in which each student engages in creative and independent research guided by a faculty mentor. Annually.
|
| |
-
FREN 45200 - Independent Study Thesis Course Credit: 1
SENIOR INDEPENDENT STUDY–SEMESTER TWO The second semester of the Senior Independent Study project, which culminates in the finished thesis or an equivalent project and an oral examination. Prerequisite(s): FREN-45100 Annually.
|
German Studies |
| |
-
GRMN 10100 - Beginning German Level I Course Credit: 1
(GERS)
BEGINNING GERMAN LEVEL I An introduction to understanding, speaking, reading, and writing German in a cultural context. Acquisition of basic structure, conversational practice, short readings, and compositions. Use of authentic video and audio materials. Four hours per week. Annually.
|
| |
-
GRMN 10200 - Beginning German Level II Course Credit: 1
(GERS)
BEGINNING GERMAN LEVEL II Continuation of GRMN 10100 with increased emphasis on conversation, cultural material, and reading authentic texts, including two children’s books. For students who have had GRMN 10100 or equivalent training, to be determined by placement test. Four hours per week. Annually.
|
| |
-
GRMN 20100 - Intermediate German Level I Course Credit: 1
(GERS)
INTERMEDIATE GERMAN LEVEL I A skills-building course to follow GRMN 10200 or equivalent, to be determined by placement test. Emphasis on reading literary texts of moderate difficulty, improving proficiency in writing and speaking, and exposure to culture material. The German major and minor begin with GRMN 20100. Prerequisite(s): GRMN-10200 or equivalent or placement Annually. [C]
|
| |
-
GRMN 20200 - Intermd German Level II Course Credit: 1
(GERS)
INTERMEDIATE GERMAN LEVEL II Current issues through literary texts and media. More advanced readings and discussion of contemporary life in the German-speaking countries as reflected in newspapers, magazines, television, and film. Prerequisite(s): Take GRMN-20100 or equivalent. Annually. [C]
|
| |
-
GRMN 22700 - German Literature in Translation Course Credit: 1
(CMLT, GERS, WGSS)
GERMAN LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION Taught in English. Selected readings from classical and contemporary German authors. Sample topics: German Literature East and West Since 1945; Contemporary German Literature by Women; Modern German Theater; Fairy Tales and Gender. [AH, C]
|
| |
-
GRMN 22802 - German Film & Society Course Credit: 1
(CMLT, FILM, GERS)
GERMAN FILM & SOCIETY This course examines major developments in German cinema from the early twentieth to the 21st centuries. The class will focus on important movements, directors, genres, stars, etc. in the history of German film and socio-political matters facing Weimar and Nazi Germany, post-war West and East German states, and major themes and trends in the cinema of unified Germany. Students will study and practice the tools of film analysis. No previous knowledge of German or film criticism/theory is required. [AH, C]
|
| |
-
GRMN 23000 - Theaterpraktikum Course Credit: 1
(GERS, GLIS)
THEATERPRAKTIKUM Dramatic readings and play production, in German. Ideal for students wishing to maintain and build speaking proficiency and self-confidence. No acting experience required. May be taken more than once, but only one of these may count toward the minimum eleven courses for the major or minor. Prerequisite(s): Take GRMN-20100 or permission of instructor [AH, C]
|
| |
-
GRMN 25000 - Advanced German: Texts & Contexts Course Credit: 1
(GERS, GLIS)
ADVANCED GERMAN: TEXTS AND CONTEXTS Reading, discussion of, and writing about important themes, events and texts (e.g. short stories, short novels, personal narratives, films) from the 20th century, presented in their socio-historical contexts. Special emphasis on developing students’ reading and formal conversation skills and on cultural literacy. Continued practice of complex grammar structures and systematic vocabulary building. Prerequisite(s): Take GRMN-20200 Annually. [AH, C, GE]
|
| |
-
GRMN 26000 - Kulturkunde: Intro to German Studies Course Credit: 1
(CMLT, GERS, GLIS)
KULTURKUNDE: INTRODUCTION TO GERMAN STUDIES A survey of the cultural history of the German-speaking world, with particular attention to the social matrix in which German cultural institutions function. An introduction to the methods and resources of German Studies as an interdisciplinary area of study. Must be taken at the College of Wooster. Prerequisite(s): Take GRMN-25000 Annually. [AH, C, W]
|
| |
-
GRMN 30005 - After the Holocaust (post-1945) Course Credit: 1
AFTER THE HOLOCAUST (POST-1945) Over the course of the fall semester, we will examine major themes that shaped German culture from the end of the Second World War and the Holocaust to the unification of East and West and beyond. The following questions will help guide our focus: How did the two German states rebuild their modern identities? What ways did artists find to deal with, or to put aside, the recent Nazi past and the atrocities committed in the state’s name? What dominant issues emerged in the public debate in each decade after the war? How do social categories like race, class, gender, and sexuality play into visions of German identity in East and West? Taught in German Prerequisite(s): GRMN-26000 [AH, C]
|
| |
-
GRMN 34000 - Major Themes in German Literature Course Credit: 1
(CMLT, GERS, GLIS)
MAJOR THEMES IN GERMAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE A study of dominant recurring themes that cross period and genre lines and are important to the German cultural tradition. Topics will vary from year to year - e.g., Travel and Migration; The Artist and Society; The German Middle Ages; Fiction, History, and Memory; Nature, Space, and Place. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): Take GRMN-26000 or permission of instructor. [AH, C, GE]
|
| |
-
GRMN 34005 - Transnational Enct Contemp Grmny (grmn) Course Credit: 1
(CMLT, GERS, GLIS)
Transnational Encounters in Contemporary Germany (in German) A study of cultural texts and contemporary readings on the subjects of immigration, mobility, immigrational refugees, travel, and national identity with a focus on German-speaking countries. Prerequisite(s): Take GRMN-26000 or permission of instructor. [AH, C, GE]
|
| |
-
GRMN 34008 - Die Reise:German Counterculture 1968-78 Course Credit: 1
DIE REISE: GERMAN COUNTERCULTURE 1968-1978 “Die Reise: German Counterculture 1968-78” examines the culture and politics of West Germany through the lens of counter-cultural musical and literary production. Taking the Weimar Republic as its point of departure, it investigates: historical relations between intoxication and violence; the echoes of early 20th-century philosophical musical debates in the music of the late 60s and 70s; relations between American and German music, politics, and culture; the German response to the Vietnam War; and revolutionary politics. Over the semester, students will engage with literary texts, manifestos, music and film, tracing the period’s moves from analog to digital, from psychedelics to amphetamines, from peace and love to terrorism. Prerequisite(s): GRMN-26000; or permission of instructor [AH, C]
|
| |
-
GRMN 34009 - German Comics & Social Justice Course Credit: 1
German Comics and Social Justice The multiple dimensions of comics make it a unique medium through which to discuss social justice issues. Unlike traditional texts, spatial and temporal fragmentation of social justice themes and visual cues on race, gender, class and ability asks readers to question assumptions, stereotypes and the impact of specific narrative strategies on social justice issues. This course looks at the case of German-language comics, with a primary focus on how comics fundamentally demonstrate the importance of representation, and how they communicate experiences that are often difficult to translate into words alone, such as depression, oppression, trauma and silence. Taught in German. [AH, GE, SJ]
|
| |
-
GRMN 40000 - Tutorial Course Credit: 0.25
Maximum Credit: 1
(GERS)
TUTORIAL Individually supervised readings on a special topic. By prior arrangement with the department only. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): Take GRMN-25000 or equivalent; The approval of both the supervising faculty member and the Chairperson is required prior to registration.
|
| |
-
GRMN 40100 - Independent Study Course Credit: 1
(GERS)
JUNIOR INDEPENDENT STUDY Bibliography and research methods in German, including the preparation of two shorter papers or one longer research paper. Normally taken Semester II of the junior year. If a Junior Year Abroad is planned, GRMN 40100 should be taken Semester II of the sophomore year. If a one-semester program abroad is planned, it should be Semester I so that GRMN 40100 can be taken Semester II. Annually.
|
| |
-
GRMN 41000 - Internship Course Credit: 0.25
Maximum Credit: 1
INTERNSHIP May be repeated.
|
| |
-
GRMN 45100 - Independent Study Thesis Course Credit: 1
(GERS)
SENIOR INDEPENDENT STUDY–SEMESTER ONE The first semester of the Senior Independent Study project, a two-semester course in thesis preparation taken in the senior year, supervised by a departmental adviser and approved by oral examination by the department in the second semester. Prerequisite(s): GRMN-40100 Annually.
|
| |
-
GRMN 45200 - Independent Study Thesis Course Credit: 1
(GERS)
SENIOR INDEPENDENT STUDY–SEMESTER TWO The second semester of the Senior Independent Study project, which culminates in the thesis and an oral examination. Prerequisite(s): GRMN-45200 Annually.
|
Hebrew Language |
| |
-
HEBR 10100 - Hebrew I Course Credit: 1
(AMST, CLST, MENA, RELS)
HEBREW I An introduction to understanding, reading, writing, and speaking modern Hebrew. Students learn the alphabet, acquire basic grammar essential for all forms of Hebrew, practice conversation, and read and write short passages. Video and audio materials all feature native speakers. While the emphasis is on acquiring the lived language of contemporary Israel, students are also introduced to the Hebrew language and Jewish civilization as it has evolved over three millennia through level appropriate words and phrases from Biblical and rabbinic texts. Students should understand that while this class emphasizes the lived language of contemporary Israel, at this most basic level the reading, writing, and grammar skills are equally essential for learning Biblical Hebrew. Four hours per week.
|
| |
-
HEBR 10200 - Hebrew II Course Credit: 1
(AMST, CLST, MENA, RELS)
HEBREW II Continuation of HEBR 10100. Four hours per week. Prerequisite: successful completion of HEBR 10100 or equivalent placement test. Prerequisite(s): HEBR-10100
|
History |
| |
-
HIST 10100 - Introducing Religion Course Credit: 1
RELS 10100. INTRODUCING RELIGION An introduction to religion as a form of human behavior and to the study of religions, by means of studying current understandings of religion-related behaviors in human development, in human prehistories, and as identifiable cultural forms in emergent historical human cultures in the South Asian, East Asian, and Mediterranean worlds. [AH, HSS, R]
|
| |
-
HIST 10102 - African Religions Course Credit: 1
HIST-10102 African Religions This course is designed to provide students with an integrated and general understanding of the history of African religions by focusing on three religious traditions of Africa, namely, Primal (African Traditional Religion, ATR), Christianity and Islam. In so doing, we intend to look at the dynamics undergirding the three religious traditions and broadly probe the contours of negotiated spaces in changing historical contexts. The presentation of the course is premised on the fact that the study of religion in Africa is vitally essential to the understanding of the manifold features of the African experiences. A prominent theme of the course is: continuity and change in Africa’s religious traditions. We view religion as a system meaning formations (valuations) about the cosmos and the place of human life in it. This kind of approach provides the lens through which we can examine African religions in their diversities and complexities. [HSS]
|
| |
-
HIST 10152 - African American History 1865-PRESENT Course Credit: 1
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY 1865 TO THE PRESENT This course surveys major themes in African American History from the start of the Civil War, through Reconstruction’s “long emancipation”-when African Americans were afforded some political rights-through the Jim Crow era when those rights were stripped away, and the Civil Rights Movement when they waged a valiant struggle to be included as first-class citizens. Students will explore not only how freedom expanded and contracted for African Americans across time and place, but the various strategies of protest and self-expression they used to gain equality and justice. [HSS]
|
| |
-
HIST 10161 - Russia’s World War II: Film and History Course Credit: 1
(FILM, GLIS, RUSS)
RUSSIA’S WORLD WAR II: FILM & HISTORY The course explores the Soviet experience during World War II or what Russians refer to as “The Great Patriotic War.” Major themes include Stalin’s role in the war and the problem of leadership, the lives of common soldiers and the home-front, as well as the military dimension of the war. Film and fiction will be employed as primary sources to explore the memory of the war and its meaning for later generations of Russians. [HSS]
|
| |
-
HIST 10165 - West Africa & Black America, Connection Course Credit: 1
(GLIS)
WEST AFRICA AND BLACK AMERICA. This course is about West Africans and their connection to the Americas from the sixteenth through the nineteenth century. We will focus on the changing nature of African political and social formations, the rise and development of the Atlantic slave trade, the impact of that trade on the Atlantic societies,especially the formation of Black American cultures and their relations and interactions with Africa. [C, HSS]
|
| |
-
HIST 10166 - The Holocaust Course Credit: 1
(GLIS)
THE HOLOCAUST This course examines the Nazi program of genocide and mass killing in the context of Nazi ideology and in the larger context of modern European history and the evolution of modern antisemitism. It also introduces students to some of the significant historiographical issues in the study of the Holocaust, including questions such as the meaning and significance of the term “Holocaust” and the disturbing phenomenon of Holocaust denial. A section of HIST 201xx is required for majors, but is open to students from all departments and programs. This course does not fulfill the writing intensive requirement. [HSS]
|
| |
-
HIST 10168 - Modern Civil Rights Movements Course Credit: 1
MODERN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENTS In this course we will address contemporary questions about race and racism by looking back at whence we came - the civil rights and black power movements. While the course will introduce students to familiar events, we will also learn about less familiar leaders, such as Ella Baker, and organization based in the north and the west as well as the ways these movements mirrored anti-colonial and nationalist movements across the globe. Thus, we will use civil rights and black power writings and scholarship as a vehicle for students to learn about the variety of the struggles and concerns, historical approaches, and scholarly debates within the larger fields of civil rights and black power studies. [C, HSS]
|
| |
-
HIST 10176 - History of Islam Course Credit: 1
(GLIS, MENA)
HISTORY OF ISLAM. This course surveys the development of Islam’s complex history, from its birth in the 7th century to its global expansion today. We will examine the ways in which language, time, space, ethnicity, social situation, and gender, among other factors, affected the history of Islam. In the meantime, we will show that the diversity of Muslim societies did not exclude the existence of global networks connecting Muslims around the world, fostering deep commonness across space and time. [global] Annually. [C, HSS, R]
|
| |
-
HIST 10177 - Latin American Revolutions Course Credit: 1
(GLIS, LAST)
LATIN AMERICAN REVOLUTIONS This course examines the history of 20th century Latin American revolutions. In addition to considering ideas about how, when, and why people rebel, we’ll focus on case studies from Mexico, Cuba, Chile, and Nicaragua. We’ll emphasize both how different historians have interpreted these revolutions, and analyze first-hand accounts from the participants. [global] Alternate Years. [C, HSS]
|
| |
-
HIST 10178 - West Africa and the World Course Credit: 1
(GLIS)
WEST AFRICA AND THE WORLD This course is a survey of the history of West Africa, from the 4th century to the present time. First, we will take a close look at the Sudanese Empires and their connections with Europe and Asia. Then we will investigate the rise and the hegemony of the Atlantic and the many ways in which it defined the historical trajectory of the region, from the fifteenth century to the start of European colonization. Finally, we will turn our attention to the colonial and post-colonial periods. The course will combine lectures and the reading and discussion of primary sources and the secondary literature on the different topics that we will be surveying. [HSS]
|
| |
-
HIST 10182 - America in the 60s and 70s Course Credit: 1
AMERICA IN THE 60S AND 70S [HSS]
|
| |
-
HIST 10183 - Family in Chinese History Course Credit: 1
(CHIN, EAST, WGSS)
FAMILY IN CHINESE HISTORY This course explores how the family function in Chinese history, from the earliest periods to the present day. We will explore the architecture and layout of the family house, and examine how the house accommodated daily activities. We will also examine the roles and duties of family members and how they negotiated the hierarchical and patriarchal/matriarchal order. Our inquiry will include rituals that marked significant transitions for individual and collective members of the family. [global, pre-1800] [C, HSS]
|
| |
-
HIST 10184 - Chinese Medical Tradition Course Credit: 1
(CHIN, EAST)
CHINESE MEDICAL TRADITION This class will be an introduction to the history of Chinese medicine. We will explore its roots, and how it changed over time. We will examine canonical texts and ideas, and the multiple ways they have been reshaped in modern and contemporary periods. [global] [HSS]
|
| |
-
HIST 10187 - First Nations: a History of Native Ameri Course Credit: 1
FIRST NATIONS: A HISTORY OF NATIVE AMERICA This course focuses on some of the major issues Native American nations and tribes face as they seek to assert rights of self-determination in the second half of the twentieth century and start of the twenty-first century. It provides exposure to many Native peoples’ identities and ways of life and will explore themes of sovereignty, activism and reform, health and social welfare, art, culture and language, religious freedom, education and land and water rights. [C, HSS]
|
| |
-
HIST 10190 - American Social Reform Course Credit: 1
AMERICAN SOCIAL REFORM [HSS]
|
| |
-
HIST 10191 - Intro: History of Sexualities Course Credit: 1
(WGSS)
HISTORY OF SEXUALITIES This course will explore the construction and reconstruction of sexuality in the western world mainly in the twentieth century. The purpose of the course is to enable students to develop a critical understanding of how definitions of sexuality have developed in particular historical contexts, how social concerns about sexuality have played out in private and public realms, and how a spectrum of sexual identities have been made and remade over time. [C, D, HSS]
|
| |
-
HIST 10196 - Warfare in Global History Course Credit: 1
(GLIS)
WARFARE IN GLOBAL HISTORY. This class explores the effects that war and military developments have on individuals, states, and societies and the role that societies in turn have on the nature of war itself. We will examine how studying these relationships can contribute to current debates in global history, around themes such as identity, mobility, gender, and the spread of ideas. Our focus will be on specific episodes and case studies, illuminating the diverse methodologies through which military history and the experience of war can be studied. [HSS]
|
| |
-
HIST 10197 - The Civil War Course Credit: 1
THE CIVIL WAR This course will cover a range of topics to better understand the causes of the war, key events during the Civil War itself, as well as what happened in its aftermath. We will pay special attention to the role of abolitionists and African Americans in transforming the course of the war, as well as the experiences of enslaved and free African Americans. [C, HSS]
|
| |
-
HIST 10198 - Race & the Law Course Credit: 1
RACE AND THE LAW [C, HSS]
|
| |
-
HIST 10199 - Medieval Course Credit: 1
MEDIEVAL [HSS]
|
| |
-
HIST 10600 - Western Civilization to 1600 Course Credit: 1
WESTERN CIVILIZATION TO 1600 A survey of the rise of western civilization to 1600. European history. [Pre-1800] Annually. [HSS]
|
| |
-
HIST 10700 - Western Civilization Since 1600 Course Credit: 1
(GLIS)
WESTERN CIVILIZATION SINCE 1600 The development of western civilization from 1600 to the present. European history. Annually. [C, GE, HSS, SJ]
|
| |
-
HIST 10800 - Introduction to Global History Course Credit: 1
(GLIS)
AN INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL HISTORY Global history examines the interactions between different cultures across the globe from ancient times to the present. These interactions range from trade, to warfare, to the exchange of ideas, technology and disease. More specifically, global history explores the ways that those interactions have changed over time, and the impact they have had on economics, society, culture, politics and the environment at the local level. Annually. [C, GE, HSS, SJ]
|
| |
-
HIST 10900 - Making of Contemporary World Course Credit: 1
(GLIS)
HIST-19909. MAKING OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD. An introduction to the history of the world, with emphasis on the major events and powerful forces of the last one hundred years that shape the world today. The course takes in perspectives from across the globe, without worrying about complete chronological or geographical coverage. Students will gain an awareness of the cultural traditions that define regions and peoples, knowledge of the historical legacies that shape the present and the future, and a broad understanding of the forces that have made the contemporary world. Readings include a political history of the twentieth century and select primary and secondary sources. [C, HSS]
|
| |
-
HIST 11000 - The United States Experience to 1877 Course Credit: 1
THE UNITED STATES EXPERIENCE TO 1877 A survey of the development of United States society to 1877. [Pre-1800] Annually. [HSS]
|
| |
-
HIST 11100 - The U.S. Experience Since 1877 Course Credit: 1
THE UNITED STATES EXPERIENCE SINCE 1877 A survey of United States history from 1877 to the present. Annually. [HSS]
|
| |
-
HIST 11500 - History of Black America Course Credit: 1
(AFST, EDUC)
HISTORY OF BLACK AMERICA: FROM WEST AFRICAN ORIGINS TO THE PRESENT This course covers the history of black Americans from their origins in West Africa to the present. Although this course is a survey, it will have a topical approach. Topics will include the following: West African origins, the southern slavery experience, Black Reconstruction, the Great Migration, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Black Power Movement. The current situation of black people is the result of this heroic and yet sometimes tragic history. This course will view the development of America from the black perspective, displaying a history that is not the traditional view of the United States. Annually. [C, HSS]
|
| |
-
HIST 19901 - The Hebrew Bible and History Course Credit: 1
(MENA, RELS)
THE HEBREW BIBLE AND HISTORY Introduction to the books of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and how critical scholarship uses them as a source for the history of ancient Israel and its culture. Examines central Israelite social and religious institutions and concepts (covenant, monarchy, priesthood), with particular attention to the intersection between history and theology in Israelite thought. Addresses the polemical use of this text today in the US culture wars as well as in the Israel-Palestine conflict. [C, R]
|
| |
-
HIST 20100 - The Craft of History Course Credit: 1
(CHIN, EAST, EDUC, GLIS, WGSS)
THE CRAFT OF HISTORY An introduction to the critical skills of the historian-including the analysis of primary sources, historiography, historical research and writing, and historical argument-through the study of a specific historical theme. A writing-intensive course, the class is taught as a seminar. The course is required for majors and minors, but it is open to students from all departments and programs. It is normally taken in the sophomore year and before HIST 40100-Junior I.S. Prerequisite(s): 1 full credit course in History; or permission of instructor [HSS, W]
|
| |
-
HIST 20101 - History of the News Course Credit: 1
(COMM, GLIS)
THE CRAFT OF HISTORY: HISTORY OF THE NEWS. This course serves two functions. It is, first of all, an introduction to the history of the news in Western societies - from the newsbooks and ballads of the sixteenth century to the newspaper, broadcast news, and the internet. At the same time, this course is a practical introduction to the critical skills of the historian - including the analysis of primary sources, historiography, historical research and writing, and historical argumentation. Prerequisite: one course in History or permission of instructor. Prerequisite(s): 1 course in History or permission of instructor. [HSS, W]
|
| |
-
HIST 20103 - Plagues in History Course Credit: 1
(GLIS)
PLAGUES IN HISTORY Some of the most powerful forces in history are the ones we cannot see. As historical actors, bacterial and viral agents have shown little respect for national boundaries. This course looks at three major epidemics in history, bubonic plague, smallpox, and influenza. Through an analysis of primary sources we explore the challenges these diseases posed to belief systems, social relationships, and economic structures in both a local and a global context. This is a writing intensive course and specifically addresses the craft of reading and writing as a historian. Prerequisite(s): 1 full credit course in History; or permission of instructor [HSS, W]
|
| |
-
HIST 20104 - Latin America & the US Course Credit: 1
(GLIS, LAST)
THE CRAFT OF HISTORY: LATIN AMERICA & THE UNITED STATES This course is an introduction to the intimate but often conflictual relationship between the U.S. and Latin America from the early 19th century to the present. In addition to case studies drawn from U.S. relations with Mexico and Cuba, we will emphasize the evolving cultural, political, and economic roles of Latino communities in the U.S.. As a HIST 201 course, this seminar is a practical introduction of the critical skills of the historian - including the analysis of primary sources, historiography, historical research and writing, and historical argumentation. Prerequisite(s): 1 course in History or permission of the instructor [C, HSS, W]
|
| |
-
HIST 20105 - The Holocaust Course Credit: 1
(GLIS)
THE HOLOCAUST This course examines the Nazi program of genocide and mass killing in the context of Nazi ideology and in the larger context of modern European history and the evolution of modern antisemitism. It also introduces students to some of the significant historiographical issues in the study of the Holocaust, including questions such as the meaning and significance of the term “Holocaust” and the disturbing phenomenon of Holocaust denial. A writing-intensive course, the class is taught as a seminar. A section of HIST 201xx is required for majors, but is open to students from all departments and programs. Prerequisite(s): 1 course in History or permission of the instructor [HSS, W]
|
| |
-
HIST 20106 - History of the Civil Rights Movement Course Credit: 1
HISTORY OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT This course examines the African American civil rights movement during the twentieth century. We will interrogate the civil rights movement as a social movement and a historical period, highlighting important leaders and watershed events. Students will also examine the civil rights movement within the context of the Cold War as well as beyond the 1960s. Prerequisite(s): 1 course in History or permission of the instructor. [C, HSS, W]
|
| |
-
HIST 20107 - The Western: Mythmaking in Modern, America Course Credit: 1
(FILM)
THE WESTERN: MYTHMAKING IN AMERICA An introduction to the critical skills of the historian-including the analysis of primary sources, historiography, historical research and writing, and historical argument-through the study of a specific historical theme. A writing-intensive course, the class is taught as a seminar. Prerequisite(s): 1 course in History or permission of the instructor. [HSS, W]
|
| |
-
HIST 20115 - Body in Chinese Tradition Course Credit: 1
(CHIN, EAST, WGSS)
CRAFT OF HISTORY: BODY IN CHINESE TRADITION The course will focus on the physical body and its somatic experiences as ways to think about the social, cultural, medical, religious and literary worlds in China. Besides examining the corporeal body, we will also explore the various ways in which the body in Chinese history has been described, represented, and interpreted. As a HIST 201 course, this seminar is a practical introduction of the critical skills of the historian - including the analysis of primary sources, historiography, historical research and writing, and historical argumentation. Prerequisite(s): 1 course in History or permission of the instructor. [C, HSS, W]
|
| |
-
HIST 20118 - American Conservatism Course Credit: 1
AMERICAN CONSERVATISM Starting with the election of 1896, we will examine the different ways that conservative ideology has influenced U.S. political culture and came to define one of our major political parties. Topics include Southern Agrarians, Isolationists, ‘Ultraconservatives’, segregationists, the Religious Right, the Silent Majority, and Reagan Democrats. As a HIST 201 course, this seminar is a practical introduction of the critical skills of the historian - including the analysis of primary sources, historiography, historical research and writing, and historical argumentation. Prerequisite(s): 1 History course or permission of instructor. [HSS, W]
|
| |
-
HIST 20119 - West Africa U.S. Connection Course Credit: 1
(GLIS)
WEST AFRICA U.S. CONNECTION This course is about West Africans and their connection to the Americas from the 16th to the 19th century. We will focus on the changing nature of African political and social formations, the rise and development of the Atlantic slave trade and the impact of that trade on African societies, and especially the formation of Black American cultures and their relations and interactions with Africa. As a HIST 201 course, this seminar is a practical introduction of the critical skills of the historian - including the analysis of primary sources, historiography, historical research and writing, and historical argumentation. Prerequisite(s): 1 History course or permission of instructor. [C, HSS, W]
|
| |
-
HIST 20124 - Public History Course Credit: 1
PUBLIC HISTORY Prerequisite(s): 1 full credit course in History; or permission of instructor [HSS, W]
|
| |
-
HIST 20127 - Early America Course Credit: 1
EARLY AMERICA Prerequisite(s): 1 course in History [HSS]
|
| |
-
HIST 20128 - The Gilded Age and the Origins of Modern Course Credit: 1
The Gilded Age and the Origins of Modern America This writing-intensive course is a historic and historiographic tour of the U.S. in the years between the deaths of Abraham Lincoln and William McKinley. It was a time of inconceivable change when mass immigration, urbanization, the rise of industrial capitalism, unimaginable disparities in wealth, riotous western expansion, and the emergence of the nation as an economic and military power. As a HIST 201XX course, this seminar is a practical introduction of the critical skills of the historian - including the analysis of primary sources, historiography, historical research and writing, and historical argumentation. Prerequisite(s): 1 full credit course in History; or permission of instructor [HSS, W]
|
| |
-
HIST 20129 - The Family in Chinese History Course Credit: 1
THE FAMILY IN CHINESE HISTORY [C, HSS, W]
|
| |
-
HIST 20130 - Modern Civil Rights Movement Course Credit: 1
MODERN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT [C, HSS, W]
|
| |
-
HIST 20131 - Rulers & Rebels in European Empires Course Credit: 1
(GLIS)
RULERS AND REBELS IN EUROPEAN EMPIRES This course offers a critical examination of the European imperial expansion across the globe from the sixteenth century to the process of decolonization in the twentieth. We will explore the structures and ideologies through which these empires were constructed and will pay equal attention to those who resisted and challenged imperial rule. The class also serves to introduce students to critical tools of historical analysis, including historical research and historiography. Prerequisite(s): 1 course in History [D, HSS, W]
|
| |
-
HIST 20132 - From Black Power to Black Lives Matter Course Credit: 1
FROM BLACK POWER TO BLACK LIVES MATTER Since the murder of Trayvon Martin in 2012 to the recent police murder of DeCynthia Clements and Stephon Clark, this nation has been undergoing a debate about race, crime, and policing. Journalists, black activists and athletes, and President Donald Trump have contributed to these often volatile discussions of police violence and crime. In this course, we will dig deeper into these issues by placing them into historical context. More specifically, students will read, write about, and discuss scholarly and popular writings on black protest against police brutality from the 1960s to the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. This course will also consider other broad topics, including the criminalization of black people, the roots of mass incarceration, and black politics since the 1960s. Thus, while this course will center black protest against police violence, we will also interrogate how transformations in politics, policing, and poverty have contributed to these contemporary struggles against anti-black violence. Prerequisite(s): 1 course in history; or permission of instructor [C, HSS, W]
|
| |
-
HIST 20134 - Mongol Global Century, 1200-1348 Course Credit: 1
The Mongol Global Century, 1200-1348 This course examines the empire built by Chinggis Khan in the thirteenth century and the cultural exchange between east and west that his Pax Mongolica facilitated. Sources reflecting both eastern and western views of the Mongol empire will allow students to evaluate the principles of unity, merit, and religious toleration on which Chinggis built his empire. We will also explore the revival of trade and intellectual exchange between east and west as evidenced by changes in art, food, and fashion. [C, W]
|
| |
-
HIST 20201 - Workshop: Historical Documentary Course Credit: 0.25
(FILM)
HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING This course will provide a theoretical foundation and practical training in a historical methodology. Prerequisite: one course in History or permission of instructor. May be repeated for credit as offerings vary. This section focuses on the theory and practice of the historical documentary. We will study some landmarks of documentary history. We will examine practical considerations of documentary filmmaking and video production, working on lighting, composition, sound, software, and editing. We will work together to produce a series of short documentaries. A quarter-credit course, we will meet for about two hours a week for eight weeks of the semester. NOTE: Due to its partial credit (.25 course credit), the course does not fulfill the requirement for one course in Category II of the Film Studies minor. May be repeated.
|
| |
-
HIST 20203 - Workshop: Public History Course Credit: 0.25
PUBLIC HISTORY This course will provide a theoretical foundation and practical training in a historical methodology. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): 1 course in History or permission of instructor.
|
| |
-
HIST 20205 - History Through Film Course Credit: 0.25
HISTORY THROUGH FILM If, as the old saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words, then is a film about a historical event the equivalent of reading a whole library about it? Can you learn “real history” from a Hollywood blockbuster? What are some of the ways feature films on historical events enhance or undermine our understanding of those events? How can we as moviegoers learn to watch feature films as critical historians? This workshop will introduce students to the pros and cons, as historians see them, of presenting history through feature films. The films we watch will all relate to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This course will count as the required prerequisite for participation in the winter break 2015-16 Wooster In Israel and Palestine program for students who have not completed HIST 22800.
|
| |
-
HIST 20206 - Workshop: Historic Preservation Course Credit: 0.25
WORKSHOP: HISTORIC PRESERVATION Prerequisite(s): 1 course in History; or permission of instructor
|
| |
-
HIST 20207 - Visualizing Information Course Credit: 0.25
HISTORY WORKSHOP: VISUALIZING INFORMATION Population censuses, economic figures, survey data, and maps are all important sources of evidence about the past. This course provides practical training in creating data visualizations that help tell a convincing story and strengthen your historical argument. We’ll cover where to find historical data, what kinds of graphs and charts are most appropriate for the evidence you have, and how to use visual design to communicate your ideas effectively. (0.25 course credit) Note: these partial-credit courses do not count towards the major or minor. Prerequisite(s): 1 course in History; or permission of instructor
|
| |
-
HIST 20208 - Wrkshop: Institutional History Course Credit: 0.25
WRKSHOP: INSTITUTIONAL HISTORY
|
| |
-
HIST 20400 - Greek Civilization Course Credit: 1
(AMST, ARCH, CLST)
GREEK CIVILIZATION A survey of the civilization of ancient Greece from the Bronze Age to the Hellenistic period, with concentration on the Classical period (490-340 B.C.). Readings in primary sources, especially the Greek historians, with particular attention to the problems of recording and interpreting historical data. [Pre-1800] [HSS]
|
| |
-
HIST 20500 - Roman History Course Credit: 1
(AMST, ARCH, CLST)
ROMAN HISTORY A survey of the civilization of ancient Rome from the Iron Age to the age of Constantine, with concentration on the late Republic and early Empire (133 B.C. - A.D. 180). Readings in primary sources, especially the Roman historians, with particular attention to the problems of recording and interpreting historical data. [Pre-1800] [HSS]
|
| |
-
HIST 20600 - Medieval Europe, 500-1350 Course Credit: 1
(ARCH, EDUC)
MEDIEVAL EUROPE, 500-1350 Organized thematically, the course examines the political and economic development of Europe in the Middle Ages, including feudalism and manorialism, and their social and cultural underpinnings. Special attention will be given to the problem of the “invisible” people of the Middle Ages: peasants, women, and Jews.[Pre-1800] [GE, HSS]
|
| |
-
HIST 20700 - Renaissance Europe 1350-1600 Course Credit: 1
RENAISSANCE & REFORMATION EUROPE, Examines the great intellectual and religious events of the fourteenth to the seventeenth centuries within their political and social contexts. In particular, the course will examine how the “new thought” of these centuries provided Europe with a new intellectual language for describing and evaluating the growth of absolutism and the conquest of the Americas. [Pre-1800] [GE, HSS]
|
| |
-
HIST 20800 - Europe in the Era of Total War: 1890-1945 Course Credit: 1
(GERS, GLIS)
EUROPE, 1890 TO 1945 An investigation into European politics, society, and culture from 1890 to 1945. Topics include: mass politics and their discontents, modernism in the arts, new theories of society and personality, European imperialism, the second industrial revolution and the rise of socialist parties, feminism, the First World War, the Russian Revolution, the Versailles Treaty, the rise of fascism, Stalin’s Russia, the Depression, the Spanish Civil War, the Nazi threat to Europe, the Second World War, and the Holocaust. [C, HSS]
|
| |
-
HIST 20900 - Europe Since 1945: Film and History Course Credit: 1
(FILM, GERS, GLIS)
EUROPE SINCE 1945: FILM AND HISTORY This course examines politics, society and culture in Europe from the immediate aftermath of the devastation of the Second World War to the present. Topics include: the reconstruction of Europe, the Cold War, the dilemma of Americanization, the expansion of the social welfare state, decolonization and immigration, student protest, the radical right, (the challenges of) European integration, and more. A large part of our studies will be devoted to a consideration of how the larger political and social struggles of Europe have been refracted and interpreted in the art of cinema. [C, HSS]
|
| |
-
HIST 21200 - Plague in the Towns of Tuscany Course Credit: 1
(ARCH)
PLAGUE IN THE TOWNS OF TUSCANY When the Black Death arrived in Europe in the middle of the fourteenth century, Tuscany’s advanced urban centers were hit first and hardest. Within the first two years of bubonic plague in Western Europe, such thriving commercial cities as Siena, Florence and Pisa, saw their populations cut in half. While these cities eventually recovered the experience of epidemic disease left its mark on the survivors. This course will explore the impact of the Black Death on the social, religious, and economic lives of these cities. By mapping the spread of the plague on location, we will consider how these cities responded with new public health measures and new interventions into the private and public lives of citizens. [Pre-1800] Alternate Years. [C, HSS]
|
| |
-
HIST 21400 - Mystics, Popes & Pilgrams Course Credit: 1
MYSTICS, POPES AND PILGRIMS From the late twelfth to the late fourteenth century, western Christendom grew simultaneously in two very different directions. While the papacy became increasingly involved in temporal concerns, often competing with kings and emperors for earthly power, ordinary believers sought more personal means of engaging with their faith. In the cases of more extra-ordinary believers, mystics and pilgrims, extreme physical hardship and the sacrifice of worldly possessions was seen as an avenue toward salvation. This course will explore the nature of these alternative expressions of faith and examine how the popularity and influence of such famous mystics as Francis of Assisi and Catherine of Siena challenged the worldly aspirations of the hierarchy of the Church. Field trips to the Vatican, Assisi, the pilgrim route to Rome, and a working monastery will emphasize the role landscape and location played in the experience of popular religion. [Pre-1800] Alternate Years. [C, HSS, R]
|
| |
-
HIST 21500 - Colonial Latin America Course Credit: 1
(LAST)
COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA Latin American history from the pre-Columbian period to the 1830s. The course will emphasize the clash between European colonizers and indigenous populations, the development of Spanish and Portuguese colonial institutions and culture in America, and the overthrow of colonial rule in the early years of the nineteenth century. [Pre-1800, Global] Alternate Years. [C, HSS]
|
| |
-
HIST 21600 - Modern Latin America Course Credit: 1
(GLIS, LAST)
MODERN LATIN AMERICA Latin American history from the 1830s to the present. The course will emphasize the difficult problems encountered by Latin American nations forced to face the demands of the modern world with political, economic, and social institutions developed in a colonial past. Alternate Years. [C, HSS]
|
| |
-
HIST 21700 - Modern Brazil Course Credit: 1
(LAST)
MODERN BRAZIL This course examines the history of modern Brazil from 1808 to the present, focusing on the negotioation of race, gender and class in a heterogeneous society. Our readings and discussion will focus on cultural production including novels, films, soap operas, music and food as a window to Brazilian identity. Themes include Brazilian slavery and the transition to free labor; immigration and the construction of national identity; populism and the cooptation of the Brazilian working classes; state projects for modernation and the construction of Brasilia; the persistence of racial prejudices in a racial democracy; authoritarianism, tropicalismo, and the return to civilian rule; and economic growth and development in a highly stratified society. [C, HSS]
|
| |
-
HIST 22000 - Tudor-Stuart England Course Credit: 1
(GLIS)
TUDOR-STUART ENGLAND, 1485-1688 The emergence of the Tudor state, the English Renaissance and the Reformation: the Age of Elizabeth and overseas expansion, the early Stuarts and the struggle over the constitution, parliamentary politics and the Civil War, Cromwell and the Interregnum, Restoration politics and culture, the Glorious Revolution. [GE, HSS]
|
| |
-
HIST 22100 - Modern Britain Course Credit: 1
(GLIS)
MODERN BRITAIN The Hanoverian Succession, rise of cabinet and party politics, the structure of oligarchy, the Trans-Atlantic Revolutions, the Industrial Revolution, the reform movements, Victorian prosperity, the rise of Labor, the World Wars, the rise of the Welfare State, decolonization, and the crisis of Europe. Annually. [HSS]
|
| |
-
HIST 22300 - France in Revolution, War and Empire Course Credit: 1
MODERN FRANCE A survey of French politics, society, and culture from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. Topics include: the revolutionary tradition and the revolutions of 1848, Napoleon III and the Second Empire, consumer culture, the Franco-Prussian War, the Paris Commune, peasants and workers, the belle époque and the Dreyfus Affair, the First World War, avant-garde culture, the crises of the interwar era, Vichy France, the wars of decolonization, May 1968, Immigration. [C, HSS]
|
| |
Page: 1
| 2
| 3
| 4
| 5
| 6
| 7
| 8
| 9
| 10
| 11
-> 13 |
|
|
Print this Page